259. The Chairperson informed the Council that Oman had become the 139th Member of the WTO on 9 November 2000 (WT/Let/357) and had committed itself to apply fully the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement by the date of its accession to the WTO without recourse to a transitional period. Croatia had become the 140th Member of the WTO on 30 November 2000 (WT/Let/359) and had also committed itself to apply fully the provisions of the TRIPS Agreement by the date of its accession to the WTO without recourse to a transitional period. He suggested that the Council, in accordance with the review procedures it had applied thus far in respect of newly acceded Members, add Albania, Croatia and Oman to the list of Members whose national implementing legislation was scheduled to be reviewed in June 2001.
